Combined burial-casket and vault therefor.



J. TOPOL. COMBINED BURIAL GASKET AND VAULT THEREFOR. APPLIOATIOH FILED HAEJB, 1909.

925,533. Patented June 22,1909.

the cover of the casket in barren JOSEF 'lOPOL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 22, 1909.

Application filed March 18, mos. Serial No. eaasoi.

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnr ToroL, a subject of the Emperor of AustriaJ-lungary, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Burial-Casket and Vault Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion'relates to improvements in a combined burial casket and vault, and it consists in certain; peculiarities of-the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinaftermore fully-set forth and specifically claimed. I

The principal object of the invention is to provide a combined casket and vault which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, efficient in operation and ornamental in appearance, and which shall be so made that the cover of the vault can be readily secured in place thereon or removed therefrom, and also that the cover of the casket can be sealed, when desired, in position on the same.

i A further object is to provide a combined casket and vault therefor, especially adapted for long distance shipments, as across the ocean or from one-point to another, while the vault itself does not add excessively to the Weight to be handled or the space occu pied, and which is admirably suited, for temporary disposition in a crypt or other like depository. p

A further object is to provide means in order that it will I afford a view within the same so that the face or body can be clearly exposed to view while at the same time the casket will be tightly closed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined I description and explanation.

In order'to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to malie and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a-view in side elevation of a combined burial casket and vault therefor embodying the invention, showing a portion of the cover of the vault broken away to disclose a portion of the cover of the casket; and Fig. 2 1s a cross-sectional View taken on indicated by the arrows.

Like numerals of reference, refer to cor:

responding parts throughout the difierent' views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 5 designates the body of the vault, which may be made of any suitable size and material, but preferably of may be made, when desired, of cast metal. As is clearly shown in the drawing the body 5 has each of its sides bent inwardly from metal and usually sheet metal," although it the bottom to points near the top of the body, from which points the sides are extended vertically as at 6, the upper portions 'of each of which is then extended horizontally and inwardly as atT, then downwardly.

as at 8, and then diagonally as at 9, thus forming a hollow reinforcing portion which may'extend throughout the perimeter of the body 5, or on the sides thereof only. The portions formed by.the parts 6, 7, 8 and 9 not onlyprovide reinforcement for the upper portion of-the body 5, but also. furnishes means on which the cover 10 of the body of the vault may rest and be secured and, besides, provides means for holding the casket body firmly in position within the vault body, as will be presently explained.

The body 5 of the vault may be ornament ed in any suitable manner, and may be provided on its sides with handles 11 of the ordinary or any preferred construction, and also with supportingdegs 12 of any suitable kind.

Each of the vertical parts (3 of the vaultbody is provided near its lower end with a lug or projection 13 to engage apertured plates 14:, one of which is hinged to the lower portion of each side of the cover IQ of the vault, and said hinges and lugs are used for securing the cover in place on the body, for it is apparent that the lugs 13 may be passed through the openings in the plates 14 and, if desired, may be locked in their engaged positions by any suitable means. It is obvious that similar lugs and plates may be used at the ends of the body and cover, and that any number of the same may be employed.

The cover 10 for the vault may be made of any suitable material and size to fit the upper portion of the body 5, but is preferably formed of metal, eithersheet or cast metal,

, the casket 20, which may be made of any secured to the upper portion 6f As shown in Fig. 2 the flange 15 of the carer face of the vertical portion of the casket, as

- sion 2-1 the horizontal portion of which will and has at its perimeter an outwardly extended flange 15 which is adapted to rest on the upper surface of the )ortion 7 of the body, and may be secured tiereto by crews 1 or, if deslrcd, may be cemented or o r wer a an nee-y;

has a downward ter, which extension is turned outwardly and 1 then upwardly as at 17, thus forming a rel inforced )OTtlOIl on the lower part of the 5 cover. T e plates 14 are secured by means i of hinges 18 to the lower portion of the rei inforcelnent 17, as is clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawing.

The cover 10 for the vaultbody 5 may be suitably ornamented and of any desired sha e, but is preferably of the shape shown in t e drawing, that is, has a donie'dike appearance when viewed from-the ends, and is ollow for the reception of the eoi er 19 for suitable material but preferably of sheet metal and of suiticient size to rest against the inwardly curved portions of the sides of the vault body 5 and the inwardly curved portions of the ends of said body, thus firmly holding it in po 'tion. The upper portion of the casket 20-is extended vertically, as shown, while the lower portion is inwardly and downwardly inclined. The up er portion of the vertical part of the cas et is provided on its inner perimeter with a reinforcing head 21, which is substantially rectangular in cross-section, and is. preferably formed by bending the metal out of which the casket is made inwardly from the top thereof, then downwardly and then outwardly, and joined to the inner surwill be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawing, in which figure it will be seen thatthe upper portion 22 of the reinforcing bead is inwardly and downwardly beveled.

The cover 1.9 for the casket 20 is preferably made of sheet. metal and angular in extension '16 at its pcrimeis intended.-

cross section, and has in its sides a number of panes 23 of gl ass through which the inner portion of the casket may be viewed. The lower portion of the covcrjl.) is provided around its-perimeter with an angular extenrest on the outer portion of the bond 22 wlnle the downward part of the extension 24 will rest against the inner surface of the perimetric bead thus providing a space 26' which may be filled with cement, solder, or 1 be provided with suitwhich may be lined J on its upper surface with silk or other suitmaterial 28, on which a'pillow 29 may well the body for which the casket From the and by reference to i the drawing it will be seen and clearly understood that the cover 10 of the vault body, 5 may be removed from said body by detaching the hinged plates 1 f from. the lugs 13, and that the casket body 20 will be held between the sides and ends of the body 5 by reason of their curved construction, so as to firmly hold the casket in position and against movement with respect to said body. hen

in position in the body 5 it is apparent that the outer surface of the perimetric bead 22 of the casket will rest against the inner surface or part 8 of the perimetric bead on the inner surface of the body 5 formed by the parts 6, 7, 8 and 9, and that said upper por tion of the casket will be firmly held thereby, when it is apparent that solder or cement may be applied to the upper portion of the bead 22, after which the cover 19 may be mounted thereon and sealed thereby in position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

In a combined burial casket and vault therefor, the combination with avault-body having the lower portion of its sides and ends curved inwardly and provided at its upper portion with an inwardly extended pcrimctric enlargement, of a casket-body having the lower portion of its sides and ends inclined inwardly and at its upper portion an inwardly extended perilnetric bea or enlargement having its upper surface inwardly beveled, a cover for the casket, having at its lower portion an angular perimetric extension adapted to engage the upper and inner surfaces of the perimetrlc eniargcnu-nt on the vault-body, and a cover for the vault-body having means on its lower portion to engage the upper part of said bodv.

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